To the author; it’s understandable that the evidence of the attack wasn’t completely released, and so you might use qualifying terms like ‘likely’ in regard to Iranian government involvement. But there are very few other suspects, given the circumstances. So, you could have omitted that moot discussion altogether and proceeded on with the more pertinent impacts on insurance price and availability, as well as costs to consumers of various goods shipped through the area.
To the author; it’s understandable that the evidence of the attack wasn’t completely released, and so you might use qualifying terms like ‘likely’ in regard to Iranian government involvement. But there are very few other suspects, given the circumstances. So, you could have omitted that moot discussion altogether and proceeded on with the more pertinent impacts on insurance price and availability, as well as costs to consumers of various goods shipped through the area.